{"id":5,"date":"2017-03-30T12:23:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:30:46","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jbernhard\/","title":{"rendered":"front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jbernhard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/06\/graphics-Portraits-Bernhard_Joan_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n\t<h2>Joan M. Bernhard, Ph.D.<\/h2>\nSenior Scientist<br \/>\nGeology &amp; Geophysics Department\n<p>ORCID # 0000-0003-2121-625X<\/p>\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nWork: 508-289-3480<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jbernhard@whoi.edu\">jbernhard@whoi.edu<\/a><br \/>\nBuilding: Watson 219\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #52<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Benthic foraminiferal ecology and cell biology<br \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Protistan-prokaryote symbioses<\/li>\n<li>Microaerophilic and anaerobic protists from Oxygen Minimum Zones and methane and cold seeps<\/li>\n<li>Biogeochemistry of redox boundary sediments in both modern and ancient environments<\/li>\n<li>Culturing of deep-sea benthic foraminifera to ground truth paleoceanographic proxies and environmental impacts<br \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Microbial communities of laminated sediments<\/li>\n<li>Sub-millimeter life positions of microorganisms in sediments<\/li>\n<li>Application of various microscopic techniques (TEM, SEM, LSCM, NanoSIMS) to marine microbial ecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>Selected Awards<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00e6steforskerophold fra Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond (Visiting Researcher), Center for Electromicrobiology, Aarhus University (1 August to 30 November)<\/li>\n<li>2014 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, JAMSTEC (May &#8211; June 2014)<\/li>\n<li>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robert W. Morse Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, WHOI (5-year term)<\/li>\n<li>2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 W. Storrs Cole Memorial Research Award, Geological Society of America<\/li>\n<li>1992<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Fulbright Fellow; University of Oslo, Norway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jbernhard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/Bernhard-CV-2025-08-07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Follow WHOI on social media<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WoodsHoleOcean\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Facebook\" aria-label=\"Facebook\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHOI\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Twitter\" aria-label=\"Twitter\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/whoi.ocean\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Instagram\" aria-label=\"Instagram\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfxsF5U3pXBZFuXc9vY9nPw\" target=\"_self\" title=\"YouTube\" aria-label=\"YouTube\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>Post Doctoral: Wadsworth Center, NY State Department of Health, 1990-1994, Cell Biology, Albany, NY<\/p>\n<p>Fulbright Scholar: University of Oslo, Department of Geology, 1992, Foraminiferal ecology, Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D.: Oceanography. 1990. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA<\/p>\n<p>M.Sc.: Geology. 1984. University of California Davis, Davis, CA<\/p>\n<p>B.A: Geology. 1982. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan M. 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